February is the second month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. It is the shortest Gregorian month and the only month with the length of 28 or 29 days. The month has 29 days in leap years, when the year number is divisible by four (except for years that are divisible by 100 and not by 400). In other years the month has 28 days. Leap year birthdays are usually celebrated on the 28th of a non-leap year. Some believe that February originally had 29 days (30 in a leap year) until the Roman Senate gave one of its days to the month of August (named after Augustus Caesar) to make it the same length as July. Many historians, though, think it always had 28 days, to even out the calendar. See:-Months in various calendars

February begins, astronomically speaking, with the sun in the constellation of Capricornus and ends with the sun in the constellation of Aquarius. Astrologically speaking, February begins with the sun in the sign of Aquarius and ends in the sign of Pisces.

February was named after the Latin term Februltus, which means "a righting of wrongs," as in the Roman calendar February was a month where purification rituals were to take place. January and February were the last two months to be added to the Roman calendar, since the Romans originally considered winter a monthless period. This change was made by Numa Pompilius about 700 BC in order to bring the calendar in line with a standard lunar year. Numa's Februarius contained 29 days (30 in a leap year). Augustus is alleged to have removed one day from February and added it to August, (renamed from Sextilis to honor himself), so that Julius Caesar's July would not contain more days. However there is little historical evidence to support this claim.

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New blog post: EXHIBITION: Field Notes @ Industtrees (January 15-February 12, reception: January 15) http://bit.ly/62fkQ4
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Tired of Tiger? CK Out @vanityfairmag February 2010: Vanessa Grigoriadis on Twitter | vanityfair.com http://bit.ly/534ZBL via @journalistics
Interesting to ponder what Zelaya's next step will be once February rolls around. Retreat to Olancho? Politically active in Tgu and/or Intly
Carneconfrijol (Doug Zylstra) Wed, 06 Jan 2010 14:20:54 -0000
Interesting to ponder what Zelaya's next step will be once February rolls around. Retreat to Olancho? Politically active in Tgu and/or Intly
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RT @phish: FEBRUARY TREY TOUR ANNOUNCED: Trey hits the road in February for a month-long tour with Classic TAB, beginning with... http:/ ...
February 2010: Buzz Bissinger on Tiger Woods | vanityfair.com - http://shar.es/aQbj6
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February 2010: Buzz Bissinger on Tiger Woods | vanityfair.com - http://shar.es/aQbj6

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